Česká Kubice
Česká Kubice | |
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| Coordinates: 49°22′12″N 12°50′40″E / 49.37000°N 12.84444°E | |
| Country | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic |
| Region | Plzeň |
| District | Domažlice |
| First mentioned | 1697 |
| Area | |
• Total | 45.96 km2 (17.75 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 552 m (1,811 ft) |
| Population (2026-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 989 |
| • Density | 21.5/km2 (55.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 345 01, 345 32 |
| Website | www |
Česká Kubice (German: Böhmisch Kubitzen) is a municipality and village in Domažlice District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.
Administrative division
Česká Kubice consists of seven municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2]
- Česká Kubice (432)
- Dolní Folmava (108)
- Horní Folmava (202)
- Nová Kubice (27)
- Nový Spálenec (54)
- Spáleneček (41)
- Starý Spálenec (17)
Etymology
The name Kubice is a diminutive of Kouba, which is the Czech name of the river Chamb and the German town Cham. Malá Kouba ('little Kouba') was probably the name of a stream that originates here and then flows into the Chamb. The prefix Česká means 'Bohemian', which was used to distinguish from Německá ('German') Kubice (today Nová Kubice, a part of Česká Kubice).[3]
Geography
Česká Kubice is located about 9 kilometres (6 mi) southwest of Domažlice and 54 km (34 mi) southwest of Plzeň. The eastern part of the municipal territory lies in the Cham-Furth Depression. The western part lies in the Upper Palatinate Forest and borders Germany. The peak of the highest mountain of the Upper Palatinate Forest, Čerchov at 1,042 m (3,419 ft) above sea level, is situated on the northwestern municipal border.
History
The first written mention of Česká Kubice is from 1697.[3]
Demographics
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Transport
On the Czech–German border is the road border crossing Folmava / Furth im Wald-Schafberg. The I/26 road from Plzeň to the Czech-German border runs through the municipality.
Česká Kubice is located on the railway line Domažlice–Schwandorf. It is in operation only on weekends.[6]
Sights
The main historical landmark of the municipality is the Church of Saint Anthony of Padua, located in Horní Folmava. It was built in the late Baroque style in 1797.[7]
References
- ↑ "Population in municipalities as at 1. 1". DataStat. Czech Statistical Office. 2026-05-18.
- ↑ "Public Census 2021 – basic data". Public Database (in čeština). Czech Statistical Office. 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Profous, Antonín (1949). Místní jména v Čechách II: CH–L (in čeština). pp. 434–435.
- ↑ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in čeština). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
- ↑ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
- ↑ "Station details Česká Kubice" (in čeština). České dráhy. Retrieved 2026-08-25.
- ↑ "Kostel sv. Antonína Paduánského" (in čeština). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
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